<VV> RE: Cigarette lighter

[Barry Gershenfeld]

I have shorted that wire, and what it did was that it blew the fuse.   Same 
thing happens when the heater fan resistor falls out.  A feature of the 
stock version, anyway.  Your smoke may vary....Barry

>When I got back in the car, and shut the door, the wire must have come off 
>the back of the lighter, and grounded out on the dash, burning all the 
>insulation off just about every wire on the car, including the battery 
>cables.  It was fun stuff, let me tell you.
>
>>I was at a car show yesterday when out of the blue my lighter began to 
>>smoke.  We tried to pull it out by the knob but the shaft was melted and 
>>the knob pulled right off.  We disconnected the wire under the dash and 
>>the smoking stoped.